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Using Crop and Straighten Photos

If you scan more than one photo at a time, you can use a new Photoshop cs command, Crop and Straighten Photos, to separate the photos, crop them to their edges, and then place them into their own image windows. Most times Crop and Straighten Photos works like a charm; but once in a while, it doesn’t divide two photos correctly (probably because the photos are too close together and the command can’t detect the edges of the photos). Overall, though, this command works pretty well and can be quite a time saver.

Here’s how to use this command:

Scan several photos at once and import them into Photoshop.

When the photos are imported into Photoshop, they appear as one giant image (see Figure 10-12).




Figure 10-12: When scanning several images into Photoshop, they appear in one image window.






Choose File>Automate>Crop and Straighten Photos.

The command goes to work, separating and cropping the photos. When it’s finished, all the photos are in their own image windows (see Figure 10-13).




Figure 10-13: After the images separate and crop, they appear in their own image windows.








Tip

Some of the photos may need to be rotated. Choose Image>Rotate Canvas and choose the correct rotation.








Remember

Even though the separated photos are in their own image windows, they are not saved until you press Ctrl+S/z +S.